save menu's ultyra tiny font
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased around
the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in the
3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3 identical
copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the font wasn't big
enough to show me an extra and wrong character is the save menu, not
discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and read the saved
filename in the log window. It appears I need to get a new glasses
'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed, but diabetes, 90
years & macular degeneration are combining to make this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file
requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
I'm with you on this Gene- I'm only 76, but I also find most of the fonts used in openscad menus to be very difficult to read.
It would be really appreciated if us lowly users could be given a way to select both the font and the size of the font in all the menus.
On 2025-04-26 18:04, gene heskett via Discuss wrote:
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased around the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in the 3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3 identical copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the font wasn't big enough to show me an extra and wrong character is the save menu, not discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and read the saved filename in the log window. It appears I need to get a new glasses 'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed, but diabetes, 90 years & macular degeneration are combining to make this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
A baby can be defined as an ego with a noise at one end and a smell at the other.
Your job as parents is to teach them to control all three.
My job as a grandad is to tell you how you are doing it all wrong!
Similar age here. I have no issue on my Mac, is it a platform issue?. Are you guys on Windows or Linux? Or perhaps it’s an individual issue?
-Bob
Tucson AZ
On Apr 26, 2025, at 15:04, Ken via Discuss discuss@lists.openscad.org wrote:
I'm with you on this Gene- I'm only 76, but I also find most of the fonts used in openscad menus to be very difficult to read.
It would be really appreciated if us lowly users could be given a way to select both the font and the size of the font in all the menus.
On 2025-04-26 18:04, gene heskett via Discuss wrote:
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased around the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in the 3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3 identical copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the font wasn't big enough to show me an extra and wrong character is the save menu, not discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and read the saved filename in the log window. It appears I need to get a new glasses 'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed, but diabetes, 90 years & macular degeneration are combining to make this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com mailto:bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com https://vk7krj.com/
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
A baby can be defined as an ego with a noise at one end and a smell at the other.
Your job as parents is to teach them to control all three.
My job as a grandad is to tell you how you are doing it all wrong!
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I keep a magnifying glass by the monitor, but maybe you prefer
*Use Magnifier:*Magnifier zooms in on parts of your screen to make
them easier to see. To open Magnifier, press the *Start *button*+
Plus sign (+)*. While Magnifier is open, zoom in and out by pressing
*Start button + Plus sign (+)*and*Start button + Minus sign (-)*. To
close Magnifier, press *Start button + Esc*.
you can also make everything bigger, using
*In Windows:*Select the *Start**button*, then select *Settings*>
*Ease of Access > Display*. To make just the text on your screen
larger, adjust the slider under *Make text bigger*. To make
everything larger, including images and apps, choose an option from
the drop-down menu under *Make everything bigger*.
On 26/04/2025 16:34, Bob Carlson via Discuss wrote:
Similar age here. I have no issue on my Mac, is it a platform issue?.
Are you guys on Windows or Linux? Or perhaps it’s an individual issue?
-Bob
Tucson AZ
On Apr 26, 2025, at 15:04, Ken via Discuss
discuss@lists.openscad.org wrote:
I'm with you on this Gene- I'm only 76, but I also find most of the
fonts used in openscad menus to be very difficult to read.
It would be really appreciated if us lowly users could be given a
way to select both the font and the size of the font in all the menus.
On 2025-04-26 18:04, gene heskett via Discuss wrote:
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased
around the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in
the 3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3
identical copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the
font wasn't big enough to show me an extra and wrong character is
the save menu, not discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and
read the saved filename in the log window. It appears I need to get
a new glasses 'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed,
but diabetes, 90 years & macular degeneration are combining to make
this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file
requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
A baby can be defined as an ego with a noise at one end and a smell at the other.
Your job as parents is to teach them to control all three.
My job as a grandad is to tell you how you are doing it all wrong!
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I'm running OpenSCAD under linux. Adding the following to my .profile
scales my interface fonts.
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.5
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM gene heskett via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased around
the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in the
3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3 identical
copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the font wasn't big
enough to show me an extra and wrong character is the save menu, not
discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and read the saved
filename in the log window. It appears I need to get a new glasses
'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed, but diabetes, 90
years & macular degeneration are combining to make this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file
requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
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SOLVED!
On 4/26/25 13:59, Todd Allen via Discuss wrote:
I'm running OpenSCAD under linux. Adding the following to my .profile
scales my interface fonts.
export QT_SCALE_FACTOR=1.5
Added that to my .profile, stopped OpenSCAD, did a . .profile and
restarted OpenSCAD.
All fonts, including editor were expanded, about 3 ctl -'s to restore
editor window to normal. All other fonts AND icons now 500% more
readable to these tired old eyes.
Thank you, Todd Allen.
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 3:04 AM gene heskett via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased around
the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in the
3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3 identical
copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the font wasn't big
enough to show me an extra and wrong character is the save menu, not
discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and read the saved
filename in the log window. It appears I need to get a new glasses
'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed, but diabetes, 90
years & macular degeneration are combining to make this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file
requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
On 4/26/25 11:34, Bob Carlson via Discuss wrote:
Similar age here. I have no issue on my Mac, is it a platform issue?. Are you guys on Windows or Linux? Or perhaps it’s an individual issue?
-Bob
Tucson AZ
On Apr 26, 2025, at 15:04, Ken via Discuss discuss@lists.openscad.org wrote:
I'm with you on this Gene- I'm only 76, but I also find most of the fonts used in openscad menus to be very difficult to read.
It would be really appreciated if us lowly users could be given a way to select both the font and the size of the font in all the menus.
See Todd Allens post, it works..
On 2025-04-26 18:04, gene heskett via Discuss wrote:
I'm current using the current weekly build and just got chased around the mulberry tree by the teeny font used in the save menu.
Making braces to support the controller board and a bananapi-m5 in the 3d printer, I just saved a corrected 3mf file and printed 3 identical copies that won't fit despite my corrections because the font wasn't big enough to show me an extra and wrong character is the save menu, not discovered until I got out a magnifying glass and read the saved filename in the log window. It appears I need to get a new glasses 'script, if its fixable. I've had cataracts removed, but diabetes, 90 years & macular degeneration are combining to make this difficult to see.
How can I adjust the the size of the font used in those popup file requestor's?.
Thanks.
Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
--
Cheers, Ken
bats059@gmail.com mailto:bats059@gmail.com
https://vk7krj.com https://vk7krj.com/
https://vk7krj.com/running.html
A baby can be defined as an ego with a noise at one end and a smell at the other.
Your job as parents is to teach them to control all three.
My job as a grandad is to tell you how you are doing it all wrong!
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Cheers, Gene Heskett, CET.
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author, 1940)
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable.
- Louis D. Brandeis
On Windows, and I suspect on MacOS, there's are system-wide settings for
magnification and font size. They should be the primary mechanism by
which UI component size is controlled. The last time I checked,
OpenSCAD did not entirely obey those settings. Please file bugs when it
does not.
Apple's documentation
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/typography
says
SF Pro is the system font in macOS. NY is available for Mac apps built with
Mac Catalyst. macOS doesn’t support Dynamic Type.
It is somewhat supported in Mac Catalyst, but it is not supported for QT
based programs like OpenSCAD.
On Sat, Apr 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM Jordan Brown via Discuss <
discuss@lists.openscad.org> wrote:
On Windows, and I suspect on MacOS, there's are system-wide settings for
magnification and font size. They should be the primary mechanism by which
UI component size is controlled. The last time I checked, OpenSCAD did not
entirely obey those settings. Please file bugs when it does not.
On 4/26/2025 12:09 PM, David Phillip Oster wrote:
Apple's documentation
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/typography
says
SF Pro is the system font in macOS. NY is available for Mac apps
built with Mac Catalyst. *macOS doesn’t support Dynamic Type*.
It is somewhat supported in Mac Catalyst, but it is not supported for
QT based programs like OpenSCAD.
I'm an iPhone/iPad user, but not a Mac user, but...
Make text and icons bigger in multiple apps and on the desktop
You can set a single preferred size for text across multiple apps and
on the desktop.
I suspect that "Dynamic Type" is a particular typography-related font
scaling feature, and that this is a different feature.